Famous Deaths for October 1972
| ◀ Sep October Nov ▶ | ||||||
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 | 31 | ||||
◀ 1971 1972 1973 ▶ | ||||||
Months in 1972: January February March April May June July August September November December
Deaths 1 - 21 of 21
1st - Kurt Hiller, writer, dies at 87
1st - Louis Leakey, English anthropologist, dies at 68
4th - Colin Gordon, actor (John-Baron), dies at 61
4th - Louis S B Leakey, archaeologist/anthropologist, dies at 68
9th - Giuseppe Capogrossi, Italian painter, dies at 72
9th - Miriam Hopkins, actress (Carrie, Barbary Coast), dies at 69
14th - Joseph Kaminski, composer, dies at 68
16th - Leo G Carroll, actor (Topper, Man From Uncle), dies at 80
16th - Hale Boggs, U.S. Congressman from Louisiana (b. 1914)
17th - Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914)
17th - Prince George of Yugoslavia (b. 1887)
17th - Billy Williams, American singer (b. 1910)
18th - Ken Wishart, cricketer (WI opening batsman in one Test 1935), dies
20th - Harlow Shapley, astronomer (Sun's position in galaxy), dies at 86
22nd - Kurt Edzard, German sculptor (nudist/portraits), dies
24th - Jackie Robinson, 1st black baseball player (Bkln Dodgers), dies at 53
25th - Norman Norell [Levinson], US fashion designer, dies at 72
26th - Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aviation pioneer and helicopter builder, dies at 83
27th - Lew Parker, actor (Lou Marie-That Girl), dies a day before turning 65
Archaeologist Louis Leakey (1st)
30th - Alan Roth, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 68
31st - Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916)
